Mixed methods research & mixed studies reviews in health and social sciences: 2 days training

This 2-day intensive course is intended for doctoral students, research professionals, and researchers with training or experience in epidemiology/statistics AND in qualitative research.

The number of participants is limited to 20.

The courses are conducted in English.

Dates

26 june 2018 08:30-12:30 & 13:30 -17:30

27 june 2018 08:30-12:30 & 13:30 -17:30

Fees

CHF 600

INTRODUCTION

The decision-making processes at each level of the health system must be based on the best available research results with the input of clinicians, managers, patient partners, policy-makers and researchers. Given the complexity of the health services and health, these results come from research using several types of methods such as qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods (combining qualitative and quantitative methods). It is therefore important to know how to plan, conduct and report mixed studies reviews (including qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies) and mixed methods research.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After attending this 2-day training, participants will be able to:

Develop relevant questions for literature reviews and research studies using mixed methods,

Determine appropriate designs and synthesis/analysis strategies for this type of review/research,

Report the results of literature reviews and primary research studies using mixed methods,

Evaluate the methodological quality of reviews and studies using mixed methods.

EQUIPMENT

This training is based on active learning. Concerning the practical exercises, the participants will need a tablet or a laptop or at least a smart phone with a large screen size.

INSTRUCTOR

Pierre Pluye is MD, PhD, FRQS Senior Research Scholar, Full Professor (Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada), Director of Method Development (Quebec SPOR SUPPORT Unit), and Associate Member of the School of Information Studies (McGill). He obtained Investigator Awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the ‘Fonds de recherche du Québec Santé’ (FRQS). In 2017, he has been elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and obtained the ‘Researcher of the Year Award’ of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. He has expertise in mixed methods research and complex literature reviews (mixed studies reviews including quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies). His current CIHR-funded studies examine the clinicians’, managers’ and patients’ use of information derived from electronic knowledge resources such as newsletters.

Quan Nha Hong is an occupational therapist with research training in clinical sciences (M.Sc., Université de Sherbrooke) and health technology assessment and management (M.Sc., Université de Montréal). She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University under the supervision of Dr. Pierre Pluye. She holds a doctoral fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). She is interested in mixed studies reviews, knowledge synthesis methods and critical appraisal. Her doctoral research project is on the validation of the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT), a critical appraisal tool for assessing the quality of studies included in mixed studies reviews.